I just wrote a comment on a post that said “What is your favorite book of the OT and NT.” This is what I wrote: My favorite book in the Old Testament is Genesis because it introduces foundational ideas of a Biblical Christian Worldview. Moses gave this book to Israel right before they crossed the…
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Is Obama like Carter?
Is Barack Obama like Jimmy Carter? CNN.com: “‘Carter is held up as the model of the ineffectual president — a saint of a man but an ineffectual president. And so when people compare Obama to Carter, that is an attack,’ said David Gergen, a senior political analyst for CNN who also worked in the Nixon,…
My Memory of Presidents
A nation disillusioned with Watergate says “we want change” and throws out Gerald Ford in exchange for Jimmy Carter That Jimmy Carter thing was a mess. The nation said “we want change” and threw him out. Enter Ronald Reagan. After 4 years of Ronald Reagan we kept him. Things are looking up. We’re standing up…
Hate Crimes
Well, the hate crimes legislation many of us are concerned about has passed, attached to a defense bill. Onenewsnow.com: “Barber views the legislation as something akin to a muzzle. ‘Unfortunately, it places Christians — people of faith, people who have traditional values relative to sexual immorality…in an untenable position,’ says the attorney. “He notes that…
Main Stream Media Does Something Right!
The blogging world loves to take shots at the Main Stream Media (MSM). I just read an article where they did something right! The White House tried to exclude Fox News from an important interview and the other MSMs said basically “if Fox News isn’t included, we will all refuse the interview.” Excellent! Of course,…
Death Panels?
I’m sure you’ve been listening to the debate about “Death Panels.” Our President has called them a Myth. I believe Sarah Palin coined the phrase here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=113851103434 When Barack Obama tries to stop this “deception” he does so by saying it is an outright lie, there is no “death panel” in any current legislation. I…
Freedom Flowing From God
Today I am contemplating how much I lack the discipline that leads to freedom. What kind of freedom is it that I desire? I desire the ability to do what is in my heart. I long to achieve the excellent things that God has given me to achieve. It is one thing to desire to…
Kingdom Come
In Matthew 6:9ff Jesus teaches us how to pray. I find that what he teaches us challenges some basic, and often unspoken, presuppositions of the modern Christian. The contemporary believer believes that God is concerned about spiritual things primarily; things like prayer, going to church, looking forward to heaven. Jesus does start with a spiritual…
War on Homeschooling – War on Freedom
I just read a distressing article at wnd.com about Swedish authorities storming an airplane commando style to take Dominic Johansson from his parents. The reason? Apparently because he was homeschooled! Here is a quote from the article: Annie and Dominic Johansson “‘Any nation that severely restricts the ability of parents to choose alternative forms of…
A Christian View of History
The Christian view about world history is pretty remarkable. The Bible actually runs a genealogy back to the first human being! The Bible tracks from Adam to Noah, and then after Noah to all the people groups in the ancient world. This is a pretty amazing claim. Watch almost any contemporary movie dealing with something…